Catastrophic Thinking Resources?

[arguseyed]

Hello,

It just hit me that most of my anxiety is centered around catastrophic thoughts. Something triggers a stream of such thoughts wherein I end up in a worst case scenario. Are there any specific resources for this?

Thanks.

[debbieko]

The fact that you are noticing your thoughts are catastrophic is a huge step. This post from mindful.org has pretty helpful tips on what to do after you notice you are having a certain kind of thought (they call catastrophic thinking etc a mind trap). Hope it's helpful!

http://www.mindful.org/four-steps-to-fr ... -thinking/

[arguseyed]

Thank you! This is helpful.

[JonW]

A good grounding in mindfulness might well be the answer for that kind of habitual thinking.
Again, further to my earlier post, it would be useful to get a reminder as to how you are going about this practice.
If you are in the UK, maybe you'd like a chat about it over the phone. That could be arranged and wouldn't cost you anything.
Cheers,
Jon

[arguseyed]

I'm doing the exercises in the Palouse Mindfulness course. A chat about it would be lovely. I'm in India if it can be worked out. Thank you so much.

[JonW]

Unfortunately, my free calls don't extent to India but, if you PM me, I can let you know my email address and we can correspond that way.
Happy to be of help,
Jon (from his tent, somewhere on a hill)